Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1,637 ha against 1,144 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 493 ha.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.4 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 30th of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600 ha | 10,000 ha | 9,400 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 330 ha | 9,600 ha | 9,270 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 500 ha | 4,280 ha | 3,780 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1,557 ha | 1,219 ha | 338.1 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 2,933 ha | 1,059 ha | 1,874 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 1,767 ha | 1,183 ha | 583.7 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 1,685 ha | 1,153 ha | 532 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Sao Tome and Principe or Sierra Leone?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 1,637 ha against 1,144 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone?
- 493 ha, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 30th of 52 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.